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MASON said:
Cooper's were around in the 60's?
I never saw them,till a couple of years ago on,The Price is Right!
Where are they made?
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England. The only real difference between a Austin mini and a Mini Cooper was the Cooper had dual carbs a more powerful engine and a stiffer suspension for racing. They even had Mini panel trucks.


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RB 60 said:
In 1997, VW put the engine in the front of the Beetle when it became front wheel drive.
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I didn't know that; because I always thought they had remained a rear engine setup.

The rear engine setup, is one of the reasons I still like the Chevy Corvair.
 
USFREEDOM911 said:
I didn't know that; because I always thought they had remained a rear engine setup.

The rear engine setup, is one of the reasons I still like the Chevy Corvair.
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You should have seen the Corvair that parked next to me at a cruise in a few weeks ago. The guy did a complete A-1 restoration on it, tastefully chromed the engine compartment and added a nice set of wheels.
It drew a ton of attention, as it deserved.
 
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Car show weekend?:)
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There's one this evening at a local car dealership. If the GF and I get home early enough from dinner, I may go. One tomorrow, but I don't think I'm going. My car club is having a cruise in tomorrow evening (they have one every 3rd. Sat. of the month), I'm going to that one. One on Sunday, but there's rain in the forecast so I'm not going to that one.
 
RB 60 said:
There's one this evening at a local car dealership. If the GF and I get home early enough from dinner, I may go. One tomorrow, but I don't think I'm going. My car club is having a cruise in tomorrow evening (they have one every 3rd. Sat. of the month), I'm going to that one. One on Sunday, but there's rain in the forecast so I'm not going to that one.
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so that's a yes:) Have fun!...I sure hope the rain holds off...there and here...parades in the rain just aren't the same...:note::note::note:
Happy Flag Day & Happy Birthday Army :usflag::usflag::usflag::usflag::usflag::usflag::flagsal::flagsal::flagsal:
 
RB 60 said:
You should have seen the Corvair that parked next to me at a cruise in a few weeks ago. The guy did a complete A-1 restoration on it, tastefully chromed the engine compartment and added a nice set of wheels.
It drew a ton of attention, as it deserved.
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I owned several, at the same time, during the early 70s and I loved them.

One of them was a Van.
 
RB 60 said:
You should have seen the Corvair that parked next to me at a cruise in a few weeks ago. The guy did a complete A-1 restoration on it, tastefully chromed the engine compartment and added a nice set of wheels.
It drew a ton of attention, as it deserved.
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My first car was a Corvair,fun to drive,but didn't have Park on the shifter,and if you put on the emergency brake it would freeze in the winter.So I carried a brick to keep it from rolling.
The other thing,was it had one long skinny belt that constantly fell off,to long to get it to stay tight.
But it was a great first car.
 
MASON said:
My first car was a Corvair,fun to drive,but didn't have Park on the shifter,and if you put on the emergency brake it would freeze in the winter.So I carried a brick to keep it from rolling.
The other thing,was it had one long skinny belt that constantly fell off,to long to get it to stay tight.
But it was a great first car.
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I never saw one without the transmission park gear.
I also never had any problems with the belt.

The only problem I ever had, was with the fuel pump; because it sat right over the oil pan and if the seals went out, it dumbed gas into the oil.

Problem solved though, by capping off the mechanical fuel pump opening and adding an electric fuel pump.

I bought one for $50; because the owner thought his son had ruined the transmission by trying to slam it from reverse into 1st.

Took it home, jacked up the car, took off the shifter cover plate, and put the shifter back into the shifter arm cup. :D

I also had one that I took the drive cover off and replace the gears with a Posi traction set up.
 
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